Outpour Family | Kristy Mikel

Who We Are

I am a woman who is passionate about seeing people empowered. I am passionate about seeing freedom realized and families restored and thriving. I am passionate about loving precious little ones and caring for those who others discard and forget about.

Prior to living in Mae Sot, Thailand, I spent a lot of years traveling the world, discovering new passions, new cultures, and having my heart break again and again for the people and places I often encountered. Those experiences have helped shape what I’m passionate about today.

I have been serving in Thailand, on the Thai/Myanmar border, with Outpour Family since 2016. I, along with my team, have been working towards building relationships with the local government authorities and social welfare department to build programs and ministry projects that can best help come alongside families—men, women, and children—along this border. We are passionately pursuing seeing children restored to families and families restored to children, seeing youth educated and equipped with new skills and greater confidence to step into their God-given dreams, and seeing the kingdom of Heaven advanced among these two nations!

Who We Serve

Outpour Family serves the people on the Thai/Myanmar border through educational trainings, community outreach, and restoring children and families. Since 2008, Outpour Family has committed to developing Christ-centered ministries and programs geared toward community development for people groups affected by war, poverty, and spiritual oppression.

We seek to empower individuals and families to find belonging and restoration in Jesus Christ while creating eternal impact. Our ministry serves through three main projects: Training & Education, Safe Home Land, and Community Outreach.

My primary role on our team is serving as Co-Director of our ministry, helping with the daily in’s & out’s of all the projects we do, serving alongside our western & local staff, and primarily focusing in on our Safe Home Land ministry which advocates for families & children.

Our vision for our Safe Home Land is for it to become a safe space that legally and lovingly protects and advocates for the best interests of vulnerable and at-risk children (0-18). Providing loving foster families, education, training, legal identification, as well as physical, emotional, mental and spiritual support, the end goal is to see these children reunited with or legally placed in their forever families.

To learn more about our ministry and the projects we do, you can check out our website: www.outpourfamily.org.

How You Can Pray

Pray for wisdom & discernment. That we will continue to step where the Lord calls us to step and stay out of the things He’s not calling us to step into.
Pray for favor as we build these relationships with the local government authorities and for Spirit-led connections. We desire to see laws and policies change on behalf of children and families and are trusting the Lord to lead us in the impossible!
Pray for the advance of the gospel. Pray for Thailand and Myanmar–we long to see Jesus lifted high in these nations, to see injustices righted, families restored, and people walking in their rightful place as sons and daughters of the Father.
Pray for continued support (prayer and financial) for my teammates and myself. It is those very things that allow us to be here doing what the Lord has called us to do!
Stay Connected with Outpour

While Outpour Family does not have one specific ministry newsletter, you can sign up to be added to any of our staff monthly newsletters by selecting who you would like to receive from in the dropdown box. You can also check out our website: www.outpourfamily.org.